*How would you describe the colors that Wood uses to paint herself?
*What kinds of designs and patterns do you see?
*What kinds of details did she include in her self-portrait?
*Why do you think Wood uses bright, cold colors to paint herself?
*Why do yo think she includes African designs?
Look at the painting below.How are they like the painting "Just Like Me"? What similarities do you see in the two paintings?
"When the Spirit Moves: Gullah Shouters"
"I See the Rythm of the Spirit"
Write 5 questions about these pictures.
Michele Wood is an artist whose work defies all boundaries. As a painter, illustrator, designer, and writer, she has gained wide recognition in the United States. She has been honored with the prestigious American Book Award for her first book, Going Back Home, and by the American Library Association with the 1999 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for her book, I See the Rhythm. Her work, which has been exhibited in major venues nationally, reflects an essential sense of history and place. She lives in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Michele Woods
*How would you describe the colors that Wood uses to paint herself?
*What kinds of designs and patterns do you see?
*What kinds of details did she include in her self-portrait?
*Why do you think Wood uses bright, cold colors to paint herself?
*Why do yo think she includes African designs?
Look at the painting below.How are they like the painting "Just Like Me"?
What similarities do you see in the two paintings?
Write 5 questions about these pictures.
Michele Wood is an artist whose work defies all boundaries. As a painter, illustrator, designer, and writer, she has gained wide recognition in the United States. She has been honored with the prestigious American Book Award for her first book, Going Back Home, and by the American Library Association with the 1999 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for her book, I See the Rhythm. Her work, which has been exhibited in major venues nationally, reflects an essential sense of history and place. She lives in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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